Corkscrew Cloth

Corkscrew Cloth
CORKSCREW CLOTH
A wool dress fabric in a twill or diagonal weave. Two fold worsted yarns are used for both warp and weft. The corkscrew effect is obtained by using a weave of the type indicated by No. 13 which shows a standard corkscrew weave of 13 shafts. The cloth is usually made wide 68 in loom width to finish 56 in. A usual quality has 100 ends and 60 picks per inch, 2/48's T., 2/30's W., worsted. A cheaper quality with single weft has 92 ends and 72 picks per inch, 2/40's T., 14's W. worsted. Woven four ends in a dent and clear finished to weigh 23 oz. per yard

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